Bork finds lasting home in construction
For Maggie Bork, no two days at work are the same.
Mom’s advice leads Nowak to fulfilling career
Holly Nowak knows her mom is always right.
Daily Reporter honors its 2020 Women in Construction
The Daily Reporter honored 33 Women in Construction during its second annual event on Aug. 19, 2020.
At Wood Sewer, no task too big for Moede
Morgan Moede is one of a kind, according to Dustin Dorsey, vice president of Wood Sewer & Excavating.
After event planning, Murphy finds calling in trades
Erin Murphy, a project manager at CG Schmidt, has always wanted to build.
Neduzak helping more women find the trades
Like so many people in her generation. Jennipher Neduzak was told early on that failing to go to college would result in a life spent as a “burger flipper” or even worse.
Rebholz strives to put clients in spotlight
Jenny Rebholz has always been interested by the possibilities of space.
Born into construction, Kurt grows into responsiblities
“I was pretty much born into construction and I didn’t know any different,” says Amanda Kurt, vice president and managing partner at Kurk Inc. “No one ever told me women don’t build things.”
Robinson helps build sisterhood at IBEW
Michele Robinson would probably have gotten her start in the trades sooner if hadn’t been for a teacher’s doubtlessly well-intentioned but ultimately counterproductive intervention.
Kawcynski answers call of architecture
Katie Kawczynski, lead architect at VJS Construction Services, loves her job.
For Fendt, union cause labor of love
Pam Fendt’s understanding of the benefits of union representation did not come through the usual route.
Kiel keeps things on an even course at Spire
Meghan Kiel has always enjoyed desiginging spaces for specific purposes.
Today’s News
- Milwaukee Tool plans 141,000-square-foot expansion in Menomonee Falls
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of June 1, 2026
- Milwaukee County investment helped bring Whitefish Bay development to life
- Milwaukee considers 12-story, 200-unit Harbor District apartment plans
- Wauwatosa students take next steps to ‘irreplaceable’ construction jobs
- Racine starts $130 million lead service line replacement project
- Federal court shelves lawsuit seeking to dismantle DBE program
- Oshkosh to buy City Center for $12.5 million
- Warehouse hoped to be hotel suffers fire in Milwaukee
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin
- Cree Lighting lays off 28 more workers as plant closes
- Unemployment remains at all-time lows as Wisconsin job market cools
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)




















